How to get rid of cucumber beetle, without killing beneficial insects?

Question

I have many cucumber beetles in my garden (vegetable and flower). How can I get rid of them? Introducing lacewings and lady bugs did not work.

Answer 1

Spreading wood ash around & then soaking the area with water can control maggots, cutworms, cucumber beetles, squash bugs & slugs.It dehydrates soft-bodied insects. It's a good akaline fertilizer containing potassium, calcium & phosphorus. Do NOT allow ash to touch the stems of plants, especially young ones.

Dust fine, powdery flour or lime to suffocate the pests.

Try this to make the bugs retreat: Organic vegetable spray: In a blender mix 4 cloves of garlic with 1 chopped onion. Place this mixture in a large glass jar and add 2 cups of water. Add 2 teasp. of bottled hot pepper sauce (or grind up a hot pepper) stir ingredients together and steep for 2 days. Strain the mixture and add one Tablesp. Ivory liquid soap(or pure soap liquid).Then DILUTE with 5 cups of water. Don't forget the last part or it'll be too strong. Apply only in the cooler part of the day.

Answer 2

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How to get rid of cucumber beetle, without killing beneficial insects?
I have many cucumber beetles in my garden (vegetable and flower). How can I get rid of them? Introducing lacewings and lady bugs did not work.

Answer 3

Lacewings and ladybugs will take care of the eggs, but not the beetles. I found this website that has a lot of information about controlling cucumber beetles. Scroll down the page a bit for different things you can plant in and around your garden...
http://www.ghorganics.com/CucumberBeetles.htm
Good luck!

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Answer 5

As simple as it can get, although practical only in a small garden: Squish them, and leave them on the leaves! I have seen, by experience, that when I squash my pests and leave them on leaves, other bugs don't come around, until a rain washes them off. I think they don't like the smell of death among their own.. Seriously